Ancient+Artifacts

Relating ancient artifacts to the present day -09alang

The code consists of rules, regulations and punishments to go along with those. A lot of the laws inscribed on the stele relate to our present day government. The moral of Hammurabi's Code was, "An eye for an eye." If you do something bad to another, you must receive the same treatment as the one you hurt. I wouldn't want to be mean to any one person in this time period. :Sarcophagus lid:The ancient Egyptians believed that there was life after death. Theydidn't necessarily know what that life was but had a good idea.The Egyptians buried their royal dead in intricate and beautiful Sarcophagi.We now know these to be coffins. Some believe that the first coffin was created by the Egyptians. :Cuneiform - pictogram:Cuneiform was one of the earliest types of writing in the world. This pieceof rock shows a pictogram. Pictograms were used to express a certain phrase. You can relate cuneiform to the expressive arts today. Pictograms can be related to the present day picture books. :Canopic jars: When ancient Egyptians died, canopic jars were used to keep the entrails and vital organs. The stoppers of the jars were usually the heads of gods or goddess's so that in the next life, the dead would be protected. In modern day funerals, the organs of the deceased are taken out to preserve the body and embalmed. There is evidence of old traditions in this act. :Rosetta Stone: The Rosetta Stone plays a big role in language history. The stone was found and then later fully deciphered by Champollion. The stone's contents were in three parts. The top section consisted of hieroglyphics, the second is in the demotic language and the third section is in Greek. Champollion translated the Greek portion and discovered that the other sections said the exact same thing. With this, he figured out hieroglyphics. This was a big mile stone in learning about ancient egyptian hieroglyphics. Without Champollion, where would society be in understanding the ancient egyptian civilization?